E. coli traced back to raw milk from Tennessee farm

12:24 PM,
Nov. 21, 2013

Written by

Heidi Hall
| The Tennessean

Tennessee Health Department officials have tracked cases of E. coli found in nine children back to a Knox County raw milk dairy.

The health department announced today that bacterial strains in the milk matched strains found in feces at the dairy.

"This outbreak points out, again, the serious risks associated with drinking unpasteurized or 'raw' milk," Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner said in a statement. "While people with stronger immune systems may be able to overcome the bacteria found in raw milk, children, older people, pregnant women and those with health conditions can be ...